Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-27

Gentleman who spoke as cre wi h authority
announced he other day that The IenI7ylv- Mia
railroad World bot, IN the course Of Few IN nths,
have cJal store LEFT "a ore OF is cars. ON sew
eral other leading lines where similar change IS
on the program. the apparatus has been selects
anu some of the cars already equipped. The New
lort Central Company began, as long ago as last
February, q put certain device 10 aprdctica test
on a single division. The experiment has been
so successful that IL IS probable that this heater
Will DE put on al! parts Of the road. The steam
Is taken from the locomotive at 4 reduced pres
sure aud passed under the train in a main pipe,
from which branches enter each car. The coup
HRgs between cars are all metal, aud condeusat:Ja
an1frCeZin8, the tTO otsf acles formerly considered
lnsuper.Lble. are provided against NJ a sys-
ten ot taEs which discharge all water
automatically. At each ear t0int Is regu-
iator, BY which the peat N that particu-
lar car can be kept at any desired point.
III such apparatus Will do its work well in
winter climate like that OF central New York, 1t
Will BE- found entirely practicable in anY part OF
tie United States, AID there win no longer he an
excuse for cold cars ca the ore hand or tnc ot
the coal-stoye en- The other. Inherent systems
have found favor elsewhere. however; and one
company for tire manufacture of an apparatus for
heating cars by hot salt water-tne water being
supplied from tank under the car, where 1t is
heated by steam coli connected With the loco
mottyc-has received orders from the New York
and New England, the New York, Providence and
Boston, the Vermont Central, the Old Colony. the
Delaware and Hudson, the Ohio ana Mississippi,
the Cincinnati ana indianapolis and the North
ern Pa:.te railway companies. The chief
problem ;I.at remains 10 be solved, with all the
devices now III use or under consideration, is how
10 regulate the temperature inside OF the ears
without leaving the passengers at the mercy OF
the braEemen- To supply this need, experiments
are now In progress Will automatic regulators,
which, when, the Thermometer reaches Il certain
poinf-say seventy degrees above zero Fahre!i-
heit-wlll set In operation ! system OF valves,
keeping the heat steady al that .l'ire.
The excellent ey.nple SCI ~ the legislature Of
New York state last year, L. commanding the
change OK the Car stove FOR Eeater equally efficient
for comfort and superior 10y safet ought b. FOL
lowedin all the state. IN some. wier there Is no
statute gcyeTzlne- tt, cast economy has furnished
al Impulse, ana the process Oh substitution is
under way. After iii" purchase " the original
plant, which, varies IN ritce RON $50 10 $500
car, the outside estimate sets the ANNUAL cost OF
supplying SteaIu ron tfe lOcOmOtiys at about
$3.50 as against str 10 SiC0 for each car heated
by coal stove. Here. surely, all humane con-
siderat;ons aside Is food nor thought ier .he most
selfish corporation in existence.
The public VIII So, n learn however, whether the
warm weather discussion or safer means Of heating
trains Was anything ilora thar 2 railroad sop
thrown - Tie public, and whether the experiments
In stcanl-hea-ins ard improved heating devices
VIII really result ii the adjustment OF the car
stove where no state legislation has made its dis
uSe compulsory. The pIblic Si0uld nG5 await
even tlIe first roasted raosenga: Of the autumn
before beginning atreSa its demand fer greater
security against fire in TIE &ccideaIs OF railroad
travel.